“How can you say one style is better than another. You ought to be able to be an abstract expressionist next week, or a pop artist, or a realist, without feeling you've given up something. ... I think that would be so great, to be able to change styles. And I think that's what's going to happen, that's going to be the whole new scene." - Andy Warhol, 1963

from the book Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil.

the wind has changed and now it's brought all the sweetest smells he'd forgot,not the faintest stench from the old days as it all finally drifts away.damn those skeptics, harbingers of doom; negative epidemic, followers of Hume.he understands all her needs and for that she loves him eternallysyncretism is so natural and their experiencing something so actual.

fucked up's album david comes to life - get your sunday reading and listening in.

picked through some of my old cd's today and found okkervil river's the stand ins = awesome album. i probably listened to this album a trillion times when it came out a few years ago. they have a new album out now, i am very far..... which i should add to my ever-growing list of music i need to listen to.

back home in newfoundland! just in time to check out some awesome shows - saw hollerado and scientists of sound on saturday and now hollerado is all i've been listening to...... and what you're gonna listen to now. right?

i think it's 'bout time i posted more lonnie walker. i've been listening to their album, these times old times for what feels like forever, but it sounds better each time i do. check out a few of my favorites.... enjoy!

i haven't been able to stop clicking repeat on my brightest diamond's "be brave" off their new album all things will unwind.... which means i haven't gotten to any of the other songs off the album. anyone?!

... more posts about deer tick? me too. i promise this is the last one... for november. they played last night at the rickshaw and were amazing (really, really, amazing), as always. one of the last songs of the night was "dirty dishes" - i caught some of it on my phone. check it out.

g.love's new album fixin' to die was released earlier this year, but we're just hearing it nowish. better late than never right? i'm kinda all about the song "milk and sugar" - mmmmm mmmm mmmm coffee.fun fact: the album features the avett brothers who also produced the album!

i hope you're reading this like i'm shouting... cause i am. i'm so excited about this album - it's so different from their last album, in evening air.

if you're like me and fell in love with their energetic sound and singer samuel herring's frenzied vocals in in evening air, be prepared to fall in love all over again, but this time with a different side of future islands - the same energy but more toned down, relaxed, smooth..... like being on water.

some friends are coming over later today for some turkey dinner. nom nom nom. my sister and i made our first ever (!!) pumpkin pie last night. it should be in a cooking magazine - it's so good looking.

so i won't bore you with all the things and people i'm thankful for (including pumpkin pie), but i will tell you that i'm thankful for.. wait for it - MUSIC! bet you didn't see that one coming.

just started listening to the guards and am hooked on "crystal truth." it has a romantic feel to it.. like slow dancin' romantic.

i never really paid attention to Sam Roberts until my brother played his latest album for me. beginning to end, i throughly enjoyed 'Collider' maybe you will too...best enjoyed loud, with a glass of pinot grigio and good company!

i spent saturday night out in white rock BC, which is now easily one of my favorite places, and now i'm CURED! alright, maybe not, but a little. salt air, sand, ocean, mountains, sunset - i think i'd be content just about anywhere if i have that.

it doesn't seem right to wish you a happy canada day on independence day.. but since we missed it, we think it's alright.

HAPPY CANADA DAY AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

i hope everyone had a nice long weeekend. it felt long didn't it?

so, while i don't have any music to post (yet), i have an article for you all to read!a very dear friend of mine wrote an article for the canadian musician about life on the road touring. it's a great read - really interesting, and definitely worth checking out! just click on the link below and turn to page 44.

when i was a teenager i would find all my music from new skateboard and snowboard videos.i'm not sure which video this came from, but i think it was played during the credit line after Jamie Thomas' part. i was stuck on this song instantly. still am to this day.

Better late than never!Nothing really new and exciting for the April playlist. Mostly poppy, upbeat music. Apparently I needed the motivation.I spared you from my top 5 most played songs: Britney, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Classified and Natalia Kills.:\....I'm going to go bury myself in shame now

One band that I'm really excited to share with you is Lord Huron.I hope this find will redeem me of my guilty pop music pleasure!

i've been listening to lykke li's new album, wounded rhymes a lot since it came out. it's amazing (i think its impossible for her music not to be. total babe.) i think i've said this before about other albums i like but it's one of those albums that gets right down to your bones.there's no other way to explain the feeling you get when you listen to her music.... and this album. i have tickets to see her in vancouver in may! i can't wait. this is one of my favorites. enjoy!

The water wash sprays off, pinpricked my lips.Wet wood framed moonlight, barely barrel of slits.Came too far to watch it drift off now I can,let my ship slide along right off that cliff,right off the cliff,right off the cliff.

Could have set you to rest,I could have told you that I loved you to death.Make a million memories, you talk in wasted breath.Wave my hat and beat my chest while listening 'til it hits,your loveliness, I'll give you one that you never forget.

we were just starting honeybeats around this time last year. crazy. i remember i posted a drunk happy birthday painting last year. unfortunately, i don't have one of those.. but i do have this song to share with you!

i just started listening to dead confederate and their new album sugar. this is a song off that album. apparently they'll be playing a few shows with deer tick soon. fingers crossed they come to vancouver again.

it feels like i haven't posted in forever, primarily because i had all previous posts over the holidays pre scheduled. now that things have settled down and my computer situation has been fixed, i'm ready to get back into finding some really great music!

my plan for the new year is to create a playlist at the end of every month that sums up exactly what i've been listening to. like most, what i listen to is greatly influenced by where i am, what i'm doing, and the energy around me.

this time of year i go into a pseudo hibernation, i like to stay indoors (preferably close to a fire), stay cozy, drink lots of peppermint and chai tea and get lost in a book.

i've been buried in a lot of fantastic books over the past couple of weeks, there hasn't been much that has been able to draw me away.

except maybe a perfect snowfall...

inspired by beautiful scenery, stories i have immersed myself with, and the soundtrack from Jack Goes Boating, i give you the first of a monthly playlist for 2011!!!!

while you're listening, i'll be quite content curled up in a fuzzy blanket with another good book!

computer fail!sorry friends, it seems my poor little macbook has finally had enough and is no longer with me.until my new one arrives, posts will be a scanty few!

i will share with you one of my discoveries over the holidays. East Village Radio. I have been streaming this internet radio continuously (until the demise of my computer) and really love the Chances With Wolves show.

Check out the Chances With Wolves video below and their site hereCheck out East Village Radio here